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v APPARATUS FOR HO-ISTING AND CONVEYING ICE BY HAND POWER.

Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

UNITED STATES ATRNT FFICEO APPARATUS FOR HOISTING AND CONVEYING ICE BY HAND-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,289, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed January 26, 1885.

.To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. OONGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Ohittenden and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Apparatus for Hoisting and Conveying Ice and other Material by Hand-Power, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in an apparatus for hoisting and conveying purposes, and is especially designed for more conveniently and rapidly removing valueless pieces or clippings of ice, which rapidly accumulate in ice-houses, to some point where they can be readily carried away. This work is ordinarily performed with hand-barrows at often great expense, loss of time, and inconvenience.

My invention consists of an inclined Wire cable or rope soarranged that it can be readily suspended from any point within the building to the dumping-spout upon the opposite side, and which is designed to support a carriage from which a bucket is so suspended that it can be both easily raised and lowered to any desired point and dumped at the will of the operator.

In the drawings, in which similar letters indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the position of the apparatus within an ice-house. Fig. 2 is a front view of the adjustable cable-hook. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a front view of the bracket for the stationary cable-hook. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rope-drums for controlling the location and position of the bucket suspended from the sliding carriage and the device for revolving and holding the same.

A and B represent the front and rear sides of an ice-house, between which the wire-cable O is suspended. One end of this cable is attached to the stationary hook a directly over the dumping-chute S,and the other end is connccted to one extremity of the turnbuckle d, which is attached to the adjustable hook b, and by means of which the cable is kept taut. An additional loop or eye, 6, in the cable enables the operator,with the assistance of a rope and block, to tighten the cable sufficiently to connect it with the turn-buckle.

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D is a carriage of suitable construction, designed to ride on the cable 0 and sustain through the iron rod f the differential pulley E, which supports the bucket F by means of the chain 9 and bail h. This bail is so adjusted to the sides of the bucket as to retain the latter in an upright position while it is being filled and carried to the desired point of discharge, at which point it is tilted forward and its contents dumped into the spout S by its toe j coming into sudden contact with the nosek of the spout by the rapid movement of the carriage D down the inclined cable 0. To stiffen and strengthen this butting-point of the 'bucket, and also to direct the load to the rear of the bucket while it is being filled, the forward part of the bottom is turned upward and made of increased thickness.

In order that any portion of the interior of the house may be more conveniently reached by the bucket F, the hook I; is made adjustable to every portion of the side wall opposite the dumping-spout by being constructed to slide by means of a rope and block, G, within the grooved bracket H,which extends longitudinally the entire length of the side, the hook I) being provided with wheeled shoulders, which bear against the exterior flanges of the groove 1), representing the wheels in the face of the shoulders. The location of the hook b at any desired point on the sliding bracket H is controlled by the pin Z.

The stationary hook a, instead of being rigidly attached to the frame of the building above the chute S, can be made to slip into a fixed grooved bracket, I, as indicated by d0t-' ted lines in Fig. 4, thereby allowing it to be readily removed to another similar bracket, as occasion may require.

To facilitate the hauling of the carriage D up the inclined cable 0, I employ the drum J, the shaft m of which'is attached to the side of the building opposite the dumping-spout S, and within convenient reach of the operator. Around this drum J passes the haulingrope n, which is attached to the carriage D, and runs through the snatch-block L, hooked to the building-frame a short distance above the adjustable block b.

M is a friction-strap brake, which controls the movement of the drum J upon the shaft m. This shaft is revolved by the bevel gearwheel N, which is so arranged that it can be thrown out of mesh with the bevel-wheel 0 on the shaft or by means of the crank :v and wormgear W.

It is obvious that this apparatus can also be used for the conveyance of material from one point to another in outside work. In this event the cable 0 will be suspended-upon standards or bents suitably'br'aced. Then, instead of tilting the bucket by bringing it into contact with the nose of a dumping-spout, I hang an additional drum, It, on the shaft m. This drum is designed to be connected with the dumpingrope 73, which passes over the loose pulley p, and is connected to the rod g, which is suspended from the fixed support r on the carriage D, so that when the carriage has passed the point on the cable 0 limited by the length of the rope 12' the lower end of the rod q is drawn back, and thereby causes the chain t, which connects the rear end of the bucket F to the rod q, to be raised, and the bucket consequently tipped forward and dumped.

In operation the adjustable hook I) is first moved to that point upon the grooved bracket H as will bring the bucket most convenient to the refuse ice which it is desired to have removed, and there held by means of the pin 1. One extremity of the wire cable 0 is then attached to the stationary hook a, which is placed directly over the dumping-spout S, and sufiiciently lower than the hook b to give the cable an incline toward the spout, which can be located at any point desired upon the side opposite the hook I).

By means of a rope hooked into the eye 6 and running over a loose pulley connected with the hook of the snatch-block L, the other extremity of the cable can be sufiiciently ti ghtened to allow it to be fastened to one end of the turn-buckle d, which has already been attached to the hook b. The tension of the cable can then be properly adjusted so that the car riageD will run readily down the cable-track to the point of discharging the load. The bucket F is then suspended from the carriage D in the manner described, and the hauling-ropen carried from the drum J over the snatch-block L and connected with the carriage. By turning the gear-wheel N with the crank u, the drum J is revolved, thus causing the carriage D, with the bucket F, to be drawn up the inclined cable 0 to the place desired. The drum J is then held by the friction-brake M, and the bucket F can then be lowered by means of the differential pulley E. \Vhen filled,it is raised to the proper height for the contact of the toe j with the nose It ofthe spout S. By turning thecrank 90, the worm-gearW then withdraws the bevel gear-wheel N from contact with the wheel 0. The brakeM then being loosened, the weight of the bucket upon the ropen rapidly reverses the movement of the drum J, and allows the carriage, no longer controlled by the rope n, to run down the cable 0 and bring the bucket into forcible contact with the nose k of the chute or spout S sufficient to tilt it forward and dump its contents into the chute, whence it can be conveniently removed. The bevel gear-wheel N is then brought again into contact with the wheel 0 by means of the crank and worm-gear W, and the bucket returned to place by turning the crank u.

\Vhen thedrum R is employed to tilt the bucket, the length of the dumping-rope t is regulated according to the location of the place where the load is to be deposited, and the drum being hung on the shalt m of the haulingdrum J, it will move correspondingly with it.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hoisting and conveying apparatus, the cable 0, in combination with the adjustable hook b, grooved bracket H, and pin 1, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. In a hoisting and conveying apparatus, the carriage D, from which the bucket F is suspended, in combination with the hauling-rope n, drum J, controlled by the brake M and block L, the drum being revolved by means of an adjustable bevel gear-wheel, N, substantially as described.

3. The movable hook b, having shoulders provided with wheels 1:, constructed and arranged so as to slide within the grooved bracket H, substantially as set forth.

4. The bevel gear-wheel N in combination with the worm-gear W, crank ac, and bevelwheel 0 on the shaft m, substantially as specified and described.

5. In a hoisting and conveying apparatus, the combination of the carriage D, bucket F, dumping-roped, connected with the drum R, swinging rod q, and chain t, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The bucket F, having the forward portion of its bottom turned up and stifi'ened, sub stantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I do affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY R. OONGER. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. ALLEN, JAMES A. HARVEY. 

